Irish American Unity Conference

IAUC 20th Anniversary Convention in New York

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2003

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The Irish American Unity Conference will hold its annual convention in New York, October 17-19. The theme of this year's convention, which marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of the organization, is "Good Friday Agreement -- Is Democracy Possible -- 5 Year Status Report." Texan James Delaney founded the IAUC in 1983 in Chicago as an effort to bring peace and justice to … [Read more...] about IAUC 20th Anniversary Convention in New York

September 25, 1917

Thomas Ashe, member of the Gaelic League, the Irish Republican Brotherhood and one of the founders of the Irish Volunteers, died from a hunger strike on this day in 1917. Ashe, who was born in Co. Kerry, took part in the Easter Uprising of 1916 as a commander of the Fingal Battalion of the Irish Volunteers. On May 8, 1916, both Ashe and De Valera were court martialled by the British and sentenced to death. He was released but then charged with sedition and returned to prison in August of 1917. There, he began a hunger strike in protest that he be treated with a prisoner of war status.

IAUC 20th Anniversary Convention in New York

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